German meteorological activities in the Arctic, 1940–45
Between 1940 and 1945 the German navy undertook a series of expeditions to the arctic regions in order to obtain regular synoptic weather reports, the international exchange of which had practically ceased upon the outbreak of war in 1939. During these years the German naval meteorological service [...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400040596 2024-03-03T08:41:37+00:00 German meteorological activities in the Arctic, 1940–45 Blyth, J. D. M. 1951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400040596 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400040596 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 6, issue 42, page 185-226 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1951 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400040596 2024-02-08T08:35:37Z Between 1940 and 1945 the German navy undertook a series of expeditions to the arctic regions in order to obtain regular synoptic weather reports, the international exchange of which had practically ceased upon the outbreak of war in 1939. During these years the German naval meteorological service [Wetterdienst des Oberkommandos der Kriegsmarine] organized and dispatched some thirteen parties, whose task it was to provide the information required to meet the exigencies of modern naval warfare and to enable forecasts of the influence of the “polar front” on European weather to be made. Owing to the strategic situation these activities were confined to Svalbard, East Greenland and Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa (Franz Josef Land). The German air force sent one expedition to Spitsbergen and two to Hopen (Hope Island) but on the whole the Luftwaffe preferred to employ aircraft flying from bases in northern Norway to obtain operational data, making special flights as and when required. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic East Greenland Franz Josef Land Greenland Hope island Hopen Northern Norway Polar Record Svalbard Hopen Spitsbergen Cambridge University Press Arctic Svalbard Greenland Norway Franz Josef Land ENVELOPE(55.000,55.000,81.000,81.000) Hope Island ENVELOPE(-56.849,-56.849,-63.033,-63.033) Hopen ENVELOPE(9.279,9.279,63.379,63.379) Polar Record 6 42 185 226 |
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Between 1940 and 1945 the German navy undertook a series of expeditions to the arctic regions in order to obtain regular synoptic weather reports, the international exchange of which had practically ceased upon the outbreak of war in 1939. During these years the German naval meteorological service [Wetterdienst des Oberkommandos der Kriegsmarine] organized and dispatched some thirteen parties, whose task it was to provide the information required to meet the exigencies of modern naval warfare and to enable forecasts of the influence of the “polar front” on European weather to be made. Owing to the strategic situation these activities were confined to Svalbard, East Greenland and Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa (Franz Josef Land). The German air force sent one expedition to Spitsbergen and two to Hopen (Hope Island) but on the whole the Luftwaffe preferred to employ aircraft flying from bases in northern Norway to obtain operational data, making special flights as and when required. |
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German meteorological activities in the Arctic, 1940–45 |
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German meteorological activities in the Arctic, 1940–45 |
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German meteorological activities in the Arctic, 1940–45 |
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German meteorological activities in the Arctic, 1940–45 |
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German meteorological activities in the Arctic, 1940–45 |
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ENVELOPE(55.000,55.000,81.000,81.000) ENVELOPE(-56.849,-56.849,-63.033,-63.033) ENVELOPE(9.279,9.279,63.379,63.379) |
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Arctic Svalbard Greenland Norway Franz Josef Land Hope Island Hopen |
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Arctic East Greenland Franz Josef Land Greenland Hope island Hopen Northern Norway Polar Record Svalbard Hopen Spitsbergen |
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